Archive for June, 2012

It’s about to be the Fourth of July. Again. Our town was here before the American independence from Britain, but we’re not counting that, because we weren’t in the country then anyway. Heck, some people think we’re still not really American! And we had our own war, in a way, here—the War of 1812, featuring […]

The 19th of June is “Nineteenth,” a holiday begun in Texas and originating from President Lincoln’s proclamation that slaves were emancipated. He made the announcement New Year’s Day, 1863, but in Galveston, Texas, the slaves didn’t get the word until June 19, 1865, when 2000 Union troops came to town to enforce the Proclamation. Two […]

It used to be in New Orleans that a bar was a bar, and it served alcoholic beverages. Maybe potatoe chips were available at the counter. Not anymore. Neighborhood “dive” bars or even more upscale operations, are serving all kinds of interesting food now. They’re breaking ground in ethnic fare not previously found in […]

It seem that all we do in New Orleans is eat, and listen to music, and go to festivals to eat and listen to music. So what’s wrong with that? This weekend’s Annual Creole Tomato Festival, together with the Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival, at the French Market combines two of our favorite things-cajun/zydeco music and […]